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1878 – Ethel Griffies, actress (It Happened Tomorrow)

1883 – Harry Sothern, actor (Buck Rogers)

1912 – A.E. van Vogt, sci-fi author (The World of Null-A, The Book of Ptath, The Voyage of the Space Beagle)

1916 – Vic Perrin, actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Project U.F.O., Land of the Giants, The Invaders, Star Trek, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Adventures of Superman, The Twonky)

Vic Perrin in Star Trek. Better known as the “Control Voice” for the original Outer Limits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1914 – H.L. Gold, editor (Galaxy Science Fiction 1950-1961)

1918 – Stafford Repp, actor (My Favorite Martian, Twilight Zone)

Stafford Repp as the pawnbroker in the Twilight Zone episode ,Caesar and Me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1933 – Carol Burnett, actress (Twilight Zone)

1947 – Warren Clarke, actor (Firefox, A Clockwork Orange)

Warren Clarke in Firefox

1951 – Erwin Stoff, producer (The Day the Earth Stood Still, A Scanner Darkly, The Matrix)

1953 – Andy Secombe, actor (Star Wars I & II, Star Cops)

1956 – Ron Donachie, actor (Atlantis, Doctor Who, Starhunter)

1958 – Giancarlo Esposito, actor (NYPD 2069, Stardust, Creature, The Hunger, The Brother from Another Planet)

1961 – Joan Chen, actress (Fringe, Cyber Wars, The Outer Limits, Judge Dredd)

1962 – Debra Wilson, actor (Avatar,The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Star Trek: DS9)

1967 – Marianne Jean-Baptiste, actress (Edge of Tomorrow, RoboCop (2014))

1968 – Anthony Boucher, editor, d @ 56 (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)

1974 – Ivana Milicevic, actress (Frankenstein (TV)

1976 – Emily Booth, actress (Grindhouse, Evil Aliens, Event Horizon)

1976 – Sidney James, actor, D @ 62 (Quatermass II: Enemy from Space)

1977 – McKenzie Westmore, actress (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Insurrection, Weird Science, Star Trek: TNG)

1977 – Tom Welling, actor (Smallville, The Fog)

1977 – Brandon Slagle, actor (Dead Sea, Entity, Biohazard: Patient Zero, Area 51 Confidential)

1977 – Jason Earles, actor (Phil of the Future)

1977 – Tom Welling, actor (Smallville, The Fog)

1978 – Stana Katic, actor (Heroes)

1979 – Klara Issova, actress (Children of Dune, Dune)

1980 – Marnette Patterson, actress (Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, 3rd Rock from the Sun)

1980 – Channing Tatum, actor (Jupiter Ascending, War of the Worlds, This is the End)

1981 – Jim Davis, actor, d @ 71 (The Day Time Ended, Project U.F.O., Dracula vs. Frankenstein, The Time Tunnel, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter, Monster from Green Hell)

1983 – Vaughn Taylor, actor, d @ 72 (The Outer Limits, The Power, The Invaders, My Favorite Martian, Tales of Tomorrow)

1986 – Bessie Love, actress, d @ 87 (The Hunger, Battle Beneath the Earth, The Andromeda Breakthrough, The Lost World)

1986 – Broderick Crawford, actor, d @ 74(Land of the Giants)

1991 – Emily McLaughlin, actress, d @ 60 (Twilight Zone)

2002 – Jason X released

2005 – Michael Coles, actor, d @ 68 (Doctor Who and the Daleks)

2005 – Maria Schell, actress, d @ 79 (Space 1999, Superman)

2005 – Mason Adams, actor, d @ 86 (Not of this Earth, Northstar, Revenge of the Stepford Wives)